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3^011 may take out a few plants at the end you began with, and 
we trust you will find them all you could wish— white, wax- 
like, and of the most delicious flavour. If they are a little 
green inside, you will know they wanted a few days’ more 
darkness; but once well blanched the}’' may remain undisturbed 
until threatened by frost, when something must be done to 
save them. A few degrees of frost will not hurt celery, but a 
downright severe frost will kill it to the roots. Our rows are 
saved by the A frames described in Chapter III. These are 
put over the rows betimes, and the frost never touches the 
celery so protected. You must find some means of protecting, 
or you must lift a lot and store it in moist earth in a shed. 
Fortunately celery can be kept in good condition for some 
time, if carefully packed in moist earth in any snug outhouse. 
Selection of Sorts. — The white varieties are most in 
favour, but the pink are the best, both for flavour and 
beauty. If you want large celery, take Hooleys Conqueror 
and Ramsey s Giant White. If you care more for quality 
than size, take Leicester Red and Lidham Prize Pink. If 
one sort suffices, as in most cases it will, the last-named should 
have the preference over all others. 
Celeraic, or Turnip-rooted Celery is not thought much 
of in this country, but is much cultivated on the Continent, 
and is, indeed, imported to this country, and may be seen for 
sale at shops where German and Italian goods are sold. It is 
well worth a, trial in any garden, for its nutty root is agreeable, 
and of a similar flavour to the solid root portion of the 
common celery, which by many is regarded as a bonne bouche. 
One of the advantages of growing this esculent is, that it can 
be taken up and stored in the same way as carrots or beets, 
w’hereas celery must be kept in the ground to some extent, 
for if stored for any great length .of time it deteriorates. 
Celeraic seed should be sown in March and April on a mild 
hotbed or on a warm sheltered border, under a hand-glass. 
It will require to be pricked out as advised for celery, and in 
the third week of June should be planted out on well-manured 
land in rows two feet asunder, and the plants one foot apart 
in the rows. The plants must be put out on the level, not in 
trenches, and in the process of planting lateral shoots and 
lateral fibres on the roots should be removed. Give plenty of 
water, and occasionally scrape away a little of the soil with a 
pointed stick from around the bulb, for it is like the onion in 
